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Ok. so here is the whole thing. All of the buttons are pushable. The on and off switch moves, and the volume dial turns. I also made a removable game cartridge.

Yup. that's that. Done with cardboard for a long time.

EDIT: Oh my gosh guys...I am literally in tears. I never thought this would get so many views and favorites. And even end up on the front page! Thank you all so much. I can't even. This is really something i never thought would happen. ;A;

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Given 2012-12-13

The suggester says:It's a HUGE cardboard gameboy! It looks like it took forever to make and it is detailed down to the smallest feature. It even has a giant cardboard game pack.Cardboard views by ~MaboroshiTira (
Suggested by Know-Kname and Featured by
maytel)

It started out as a class project. We had to take an object, scale it up, then build it out of cardboard. I chose a game boy for the nostalgia factor. It's an object that is well recognized by most people and also means something to me on a personal level.

I literally made it the day before the project was due. Only because i had promised my teacher i would have one.

And unfortunately my teachers don't always tell us what our grades are on projects. And since it was the last one of the semester, i didn't have time to ask. But i assume i got an A, my teacher loved it. So yeah. c:

O_O share your cardboard crafting magic....please. lol...but really, do you think you could write up a guide on how you did this? I have a ton of cardboard boxes laying around taking up space and I think making something as awesome as this out of them would be kickass and very green. Otherwise they'll just be tossed in the recycling bin again...which is good but I would love to use them for something.

This was my first time working with cardboard and also working at such a large scale. I wish i could tell you how i did it, but it was mainly trial, error, and A LOT of measurements. I measured every part of my gameboy than just scaled it up. Sorry i can't be of more help. I have process pictures on my tumblr in my art tag. They are a few pages back if you are interested in seen them. [link]

Mine was only that large because it was a requirement. I would never have thought to create something at that scale.

I used just regular hot glue. And i'm kind of a perfectionist. So i didn't want to use cardboard from different stores. Having logos or creases would bother me. I ended up buying 8 foot sheets of corrugated cardboard from ULINE.

Probably not. Everyone i know who did this project used hot glue. It dries a lot quicker and has the strength to hold. Otherwise you would probably end up holding the pieces of cardboard together until they dry. And that doesn't sound fun. :c